Ichneumonidae, Evaniidae, And Braconidae Of Guam
Author
Fullaway, D. T.
Board of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu
text
1946
1946-12-20
Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Honolulu, Hawaii
Insects of Guam II
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book chapter
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7.
Cremastus flavo-orbitalis (Cameron)
.
Tarytia flavo-orbitalis
Cameron
,
Bombay
Nat. Hist. Soc., Jour.
17
:
589
,
1907
;
Morley
,
Fauna Brit.
India
, Hym.
3
(
1
):
506
,
1913
.
Cremastus flavoorbitalis,
Cushman
,
Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc.
35
(
5
):
73
,
1933
.
Mt. Alifan
,
May 21
, reared from
Eurrhyparodes
tricoloralis
(
Zeller
)
, a leafroller on a low weed called
yerbas babue,
Swezey
;
Mt. Chachao
,
June 16
, reared from a leafroller on
Gymnosporia
thompsonii,
Swezey
;
Piti
,
June 22
, reared from tortricid
larva
in pod of
Pithecolobium
dulce,
Swezey
;
Machanao
,
June 30
, reared from
Margaronia multilinealis
on
Ficus tinctoria,
Swezey
;
Talofofo
,
Nov. 18
, collected among spiny amaranths infested with
Hymenia
fascialis
,
one of its favorite hosts,
Swezey
.
This species has a wide distribution in the Orient from India to Japan. It
reached Hawaii as an immigrant, being first noticed in 1910. It was described and known for a long time under the name
Cremastus hymeniae
Viereck
. It was introduced from
Japan
into the
United States
as a parasite of the European corn borer, and was also introduced from
Japan
into
Guam
in 1931 for the same purpose. It became established, but Mr. Swezey did not rear it from the European ·corn borer in 1936. It was, however, reared from several other species of moths.